Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, male (% of male labor force in working age) by country

Countries reporting
108
Highest
0.3%
Georgia
Lowest
0.0%
Niger
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,528

What the numbers show

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, male (% of male labor force in working age) is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 0.3% in Georgia; the lowest is 0.0% in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 42.

Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Kosovo (up 6,841.5%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 91.3%).

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 0.3% 2020 up 61.6% rising
2 South Africa 0.3% 2020 up 21.5% flat
3 Kosovo 0.3% 2017 up 6,841.5% volatile
3 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.3% 2017 up 6,841.5% volatile
5 Djibouti 0.2% 2017 down 53.9% falling
6 Albania 0.2% 2019 up 90.9% rising
7 Croatia 0.2% 2016 down 16.9% falling
8 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 217.4% volatile
9 Spain 0.2% 2016 up 136.3% rising
10 Gambia 0.2% 2020 up 178.3% volatile
11 Montenegro 0.2% 2010 up 104.4% rising
12 Ukraine 0.2% 2014 down 17.3% falling
13 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 414.6% volatile
14 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 282.4% volatile
15 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2018 up 353.4% volatile
16 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 up 96.9% rising
17 North Macedonia 0.2% 2020 down 47.4% falling
18 Namibia 0.2% 2015 up 0.9% falling
19 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 82.8% rising
20 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 77.7% rising
21 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 15.2% falling
22 Jordan 0.2% 2016 down 6.4% falling
23 Finland 0.2% 2016 up 47.6% falling
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2019 down 45.4% flat
25 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 53.5% flat
26 Slovenia 0.1% 2016 up 9.0% rising
27 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 down 7.6% volatile
28 Latvia 0.1% 2016 up 15.7% rising
29 Türkiye 0.1% 2019 down 11.0% flat
30 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 up 12.9% rising
31 Serbia 0.1% 2018 down 24.7% falling
32 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 293.0% volatile
33 Russian Federation 0.1% 2016 up 558.0% volatile
34 Brazil 0.1% 2021 up 132.7% rising
35 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 up 8.5% falling
36 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 down 24.6% falling
37 Colombia 0.1% 2021 up 29.4% falling
38 France 0.1% 2016 up 16.3% rising
39 Panama 0.1% 2021 up 167.6% falling
40 Hungary 0.1% 2016 down 4.6% rising
41 Morocco 0.1% 2013 down 6.1% falling
42 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 down 53.5% falling
43 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 up 52.1% rising
44 Mongolia 0.1% 2021 up 114.4% rising
45 Germany 0.1% 2011 up 4.1% flat
46 Armenia 0.1% 2020 down 60.5% falling
47 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.1% 2006 down 6.0% rising
48 India 0.1% 2019 up 175.5% rising
49 Uruguay 0.1% 2021 up 58.0% falling
50 Estonia 0.1% 2016 down 13.6% falling
51 Belize 0.1% 1999 up 51.9% rising
52 Belgium 0.1% 2003 up 22.7% flat
53 Chile 0.1% 2017 up 21.9% flat
54 Argentina 0.1% 2021 up 23.1% rising
55 Sweden 0.1% 2016 up 46.8% rising
56 Denmark 0.1% 2016 up 56.0% falling
57 Mauritius 0.1% 2017 up 30.3% falling
58 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 up 60.2% volatile
59 Czechia 0.1% 2016 down 34.2% rising
60 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2011 down 28.4% volatile
61 Belarus 0.1% 2010 up 230.5% volatile
62 Poland 0.1% 2019 down 14.0% falling
63 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 up 278.8% volatile
64 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2019 down 40.9% falling
65 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 up 47.9% falling
66 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 down 26.0% falling
67 Philippines 0.1% 2019 down 32.7% falling
68 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 down 14.1% volatile
69 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2021 up 147.5% rising
70 Austria 0.1% 2003 up 30.1% flat
71 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2016 down 2.4% falling
72 Pakistan 0.0% 2020 up 479.0% volatile
73 Kenya 0.0% 2019 down 50.9% falling
74 Egypt 0.0% 2019 down 1.9% rising
75 Malta 0.0% 2016 down 39.1% falling
76 Norway 0.0% 2016 up 54.4% flat
77 Honduras 0.0% 2019 up 61.2% rising
78 Iceland 0.0% 2015 up 116.5% volatile
79 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 down 19.0% falling
80 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2021 up 4.4% falling
81 Peru 0.0% 2021 up 36.8% falling
82 Paraguay 0.0% 2021 up 3.4% falling
83 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 34.1% falling
84 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2018 up 47.5% volatile
85 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 up 15.3% falling
86 Indonesia 0.0% 2019 down 33.4% rising
87 Mexico 0.0% 2020 down 35.8% falling
88 Ecuador 0.0% 2021 up 2.8% rising
89 Nigeria 0.0% 2018 down 62.0% volatile
90 United States of America 0.0% 2018 down 68.0% rising
91 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2013 down 11.1% volatile
92 Ghana 0.0% 2016 down 36.8% rising
93 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 27.6% rising
94 Bangladesh 0.0% 2016 up 1.0% flat
95 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 up 199.5% rising
96 Nepal 0.0% 2014 down 7.5% falling
97 Guinea 0.0% 2018 up 9.8% falling
98 Uganda 0.0% 2016 up 27.8% rising
99 Senegal 0.0% 2018 down 76.6% volatile
100 Tajikistan 0.0% 2013 down 64.5% volatile
101 Cambodia 0.0% 2012 down 8.3% flat
102 Guatemala 0.0% 2019 down 53.1% falling
103 China 0.0% 2013 down 65.2% volatile
104 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 down 73.3% volatile
105 Thailand 0.0% 2021 up 204.7% falling
106 Togo 0.0% 2018 down 80.7% volatile
107 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 59.1% volatile
108 Niger 0.0% 2018 down 91.3% volatile

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Indicator
Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, male (% of male labor force in working age)
Unit
% of male labor force in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,528 data points, 1970–2021
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